Basic Concepts of Biostatistics with R Commander

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-138-03593-5
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This book will focus on important topics in biostatistics and how to perform hands-on analysis using an easy point-click interface of R-GUI, Rcmdr. This book may be suitable for medical doctors, nurses and personals being involved in a medical research. This book may be considered useful for medical students. Students for biostatistics training may find that this is a good introductory book before learning complex mathematical statistics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shintani, Ayumi

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Epidemiologie, Medizinische Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Describing data. Hypothesis testing. Epidemiological study design. Selecting proper statistical tests. Comparing a continuous outcome variable between two independent groups: Student’s t-test and Mann-Whitney U test. Paired-t tests and Wilcoxon’s signed rank tests. Comparing continuous variable between three+ groups: Analysis of Variance, Kruskal-Wallis tests, Friedman tests. Linear regression and correlation analysis. Relative risk, Rate ratio, Odds ratio, Logistic regression. Analysis for disease diagnosis and prognosis: Sensitivity, specificity and receiver-operating-curve (ROC). Survival Analysis. Computing sample size for a clinical research.